Recent content by gary3029

Hi Any one recommend a surveyor on poole for a 24ft wooden boat. Need to get a survey done to comply with my insurance. Thanks gary

Hi Just wondering if anyone has used the services of Traditional Shipright Services in Poole? Thanks

Hi Any one know what the smallest inflatable dinghy with a hard transom (for the wheels) is. Needs to carry 1 person, but be small to handle and put in van. Thanks

buy my lathe and you could do all the jobs you ever wanted to

Hi Need some advice how to deal with lifting bridge at poole. Have just got a mooring in the bay near cobbs quay. Now I have seen it done many times but never took much notice. How do you approach the bridge and wait for it too lift. I have 24ft wooden sailing boat with 20hp inboard engine...

ho dear how weird, i have exactly the same problem with a small leak from the the same area. Just brought the boat out for one week for its yearly check and tidy up below the waterline. The wood is iroko and it feels sound, however it is a large, thick piece so wondering if waterlogged in its...

I spend most weekends on my boat all year round. I have a charcoal heater which I keep in all night and a diesel heater which comes on early in a morning so the boat is nice and warm for when I get up. Condensation is minimal and I put this down to good ventilation and a heat source. This...

Thankyou, it took a long time to get to a simple answer. People ask questions on here because they don't know the answer and to one person it is maybe very simple to another it is not. To basically answer No...RTFM might be correct, but it is not very helpful and leaves a bad taste in the...

Yes I did RTFM thankyou and the page you quoted but that does not mean because the manual says one thing there are not other ways around it. From the answers it would appear what I was asking was not so stupid. Thankyou Skipper Stu for thinking beyound the manual!

Have a two bank 110 leisure batteries and a engine start battery. When I am not on the boat a wind generator keeps them topped up. Now due to circumstances I find I need to use the boat as a base so I can see my daughter, as I live elsewhere. When i visit at weekends and school holidays I...

only problem I found when I painted some wooden parts green was the colour got very warm with the sun and the wood cracked.....so that was unlucky. Changed to boring white and no more sun problems

Now fancy that I just happen to have a couple of thousand I want to invest in such a deal. Would I need to send the money by cheque or would you prefer cash? !!!!!!

I used to have one fitted to my wooden hull to protect prop shaft etc. Because of concern with wood damage around anode I now hang a anode on wire over the side near the prop....connected to the engine of course. When I move from my mooring just lift and go.

you need to use and abuse the heater. Mine is 4 years old and runs nearly every day of the year. Never had a problem with it or the red diesel I use. They need to be used on a regular basis to keep them going

I have one of these and I have come up with a sure way of lighting EVERY time with meths after suffering as many have with the thing not lighting. Fill the wick holder with meths hang the bottom chamber from the main body with the catch clips. Should be around 1 to 2 inch gap between the two...